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Joseph Emerson

Joseph obtained his BSc in physics at McGill University in 1993, followed by a Master's (1995) degree in experimental nuclear physics from Simon Fraser University (SFU).

The focus of his PhD degree in theoretical physics, also from SFU, was quantum-classical correspondence for chaotic dynamical systems. After his PhD Joseph held postdoctoral positions at Massachusetts Institute for Technology (MIT) and then the Perimeter Institute, where he studied the interface of randomness, decoherence, and quantum chaos, and developed techniques for understanding and overcoming the challenges confronting the practical implementation of quantum information algorithms.

Joseph is currently a faculty member of the Department of Applied Mathematics at the University of Waterloo, studying quantum computing and the foundations of quantum theory. He still does not understand why quantum mechanics is so weird.

Current projects

Quantum information science (characterization and control of open quantum systems algorithms for randomized benchmarking and quantum control, quantum state and process tomography, quantum state and unitary t-designs